System and Method for Synchronizing of Data from Different Devices by Playback Time

Abstract

The system for synchronizing by time the playback of data from different devices contains a data processing device, multiple different data-capture devices that capture and transmit data about their status and/or serve as data or event sources, memory, and graphical user interface. In the case when the computer system user selects and plays back the archive data received from one of the multiple data-capture devices and corresponding to a particular point of time in the past, all other system devices are synchronized by time with the data being played back and simultaneously playback/display their data corresponding to that particular point of time in the past through the display unit.

1 . The system for synchronizing by time the playback of data from different devices, comprising:
 at least one data processing device;   multiple different data-capture devices that capture and transmit data on their status and/or serve as data or event sources is received, whereby each of them is linked to the site plan;   memory featuring the option for saving the archive of data received from multiple data-capture devices;   graphical user interface featuring the option for provision of system events and events from various data-capture devices to the user through the display unit,   thus, in the case when the computer system user selects and plays back the archive data received from one of the multiple data-capture devices and corresponding to a particular point of time in the past, all other system devices are synchronized by time with the data being played back and simultaneously playback/display their data corresponding to that particular point of time in the past through the display unit.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data-capture devices can be at least one or a combination of the following devices:
 video cameras;   access control system (ACS) readers;   RFID readers;   motion sensors;   barriers.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein following features at time synchronizing with the played back data:
 a) the system cameras start playing back the archived videos for the same period,   b) the site plan shows the current status of all data-capture devices for the same period,   c) all events that were received at that point in time are displayed synchronously with the data being played back,   d) all the actions taken by the system operator at that point of time are displayed.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the operator views the real-time data from one of the multiple data capture devices, all other system devices are also returned to real time mode. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the site plan is an image or a geographic information system (GIS), for example, an Open Street Map. 
     
     
         6 . The method for synchronizing by time the playback of data from different devices implemented by the computer system and comprising the stages at which:
 data from multiple different data-capture devices that capture and transmit data on their status and/or serve as data or event sources is received, whereby each of them is linked to the site plan;   archive of data from multiple data-capture devices is saved in the computer system's memory;   system events and events from various data-capture devices are presented to the user through the display unit of the graphical user interface;   whereby, in the case when the computer system user selects and plays back the archive data received from one of the multiple data-capture devices and corresponding to a particular point of time in the past, all other system devices are synchronized by time with the data being played back and simultaneously playback/display their data corresponding to that particular point of time in the past through the display unit.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the data-capture devices can be at least one or a combination of the following devices:
 video cameras;   access control system (ACS) readers;   RFID readers;   motion sensors;   barriers.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein following features at time synchronizing with the played back data:
 a) the system cameras start playing back the archived videos for the same period,   b) the site plan shows the current status of all data-capture devices for the same period,   c) all events that were received at that point in time are displayed synchronously with the data being played back,   d) all the actions taken by the system operator at that point of time are displayed.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the operator views the real-time data from one of the multiple data capture devices, all other system devices also return to the real time mode. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the site plan is an image or a geographic information system (GIS), for example, an Open Street Map. 
     
     
         11 . Non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause it to perform the method of  claim 6 .